Tim the Yowie Man discovers the hidden underground silos of Richlands | The Canberra Times

Sudden Demise: Whereas many of the underground silos throughout NSW have been constructed from 1839-41, primarily as an insurance coverage towards future meals shortages, the silos have been quickly after deserted on orders from London. G Raby, in his telling paper for the March 1983 Journal of the Royal Australian Historic Society, aptly titled The Development and Abandonment of Public Grain Silos in NSW, 1839-1841: A footnote to British Colonial Coverage, explains that the silos have been deserted on orders from the secretary of state, because the prevailing temper of financial liberalism deemed that the storage of enormous portions of grain artificially impacted on its free-market value.